Industry | Entertainment |
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Genre | Children's |
Fate | Closed |
Founded | 1982 |
Founder | John Walker Ian Frampton |
Defunct | 2002 |
Key people
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John Walker Ian Frampton |
Production output
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Television Production |
Services | Licensing |
Bumper Films was a children's stop frame production company, which was established by John Walker & Ian Frampton in 1982. They are best known for creating Fireman Sam, which aired from 1987–1994. They also created Joshua Jones, which aired from 1991–1992, Starhill Ponies, which aired from 1998–2001, as well as Rocky Hollow, which aired in 1983. In 2001, the Fireman Sam brand was sold to Gullane Entertainment and after finishing production on Starhill Ponies in 2002, the company shut down.
In Welsh, Bumper Films was called Ffilmial Bumper.